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Rechargeable Batteries Are Recyclable.

By Sandra Eckstein, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 26--Cellphones and laptop computers, digital cameras and cordless tools, remote-controlled cars and PDAs --- we're a world awash in rechargeables.

But even rechargeable batteries don't live forever.

That's where Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. and stores including Target and Circuit City come in. They're encouraging users to recycle the batteries.

"A lot of people keep them around in the garage, the desk drawer, in a closet," said Th

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